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Many sports fans believe the Pooh-Bahs of professional athletics -- the commissioners, presidents, team owners, the whole briefcase brigade -- should play a role similar to background music at the movies. They are doing their jobs most successfully when no one notices them at all. By this standard, A. Bartlett Giamatti, the twelfth president of the National League and, as of next April Fools' Day, the seventh commissioner of major league baseball, has had a rocky summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI: Egghead At the Plate | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...kids love him. So does the rest of the school, which roars happily at the award ceremony. Then, running late, he makes a wild, 85-m.p.h. run to Concord to address the New Hampshire legislature. In Governor John Sununu's office, Bennett asks Senate President Bill Bartlett, "How long shall I do?" "Three minutes," says Bartlett, "plenty of time for some guy from Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preacher, Teacher, Gadfly William Bennett Is Leaving | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

National League President A. Bartlett Giamatti, at M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass.: "The enemy of the university is not dissent, not disagreement, not disagreeableness. Gentility is the mark of a great finishing school, not a university...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: All in The American Family | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

...Persuading Congress to whittle away any of its exemptions will be difficult. Hyde notes that the tradition of a double standard runs deep in Washington and Congress has never shown much enthusiasm for curbing its own privileges. Introducing legislation that reminds Congress of its hypocrisy, says Texas Congressman Steve Bartlett, "is a little like bringing a skunk to a garden party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Above Their Own Laws | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

Under an amendment proposed by Texas Republican Steve Bartlett, Congress may be forced to provide better working conditions. The measure would bring more than 1,000 Capitol Hill employees, including grounds keepers, plumbers and mail-room workers, under the protection of the fair-employment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington: Capitol Hill Sweatshop | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

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